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Chicago examiner this paper is committed to the policy of public ownership of public utilities vol xv ko 309 a m * * monday Chicago december 17 1917 monday registered in chicago o s patent office and suburbs l - 2 million more men called to save italy i lasses of 1874 to 1899 summoned to colors austrians advance three-quarters of a mile opening path to plains berlin dec i,6 austro-hunga m troops stormed and captured ital n positions south of col caprille d captured several hundred men eluding nineteen officers accord g to an official statement from the ar office to-night 3 â– \ ome dec 16 â€” italy has called ( all the men of the classes of 1874 to 1599 to the colors the action is officially explained as to be ready for whatever may occur it is said here the move is in preparation for a long campaign the italian contingents under arms ere officially stated to be 4,200,000 besides these 800,000 men rejected on physical grounds have been called i for re-examination these men will be assigned to work behind the lines it not fit for fighting altogether the steps taken will add more than 000,000 men to the force austro-german forces after five fiays of incessant fighting and at the sacrifice of huge numbers of men liave succeeded in advancing their lines three-quarters of a mile to the capriue hill just east of the brenta river teutons opening fath to plains the new teuton positions are on the crest of one of the dominating j.eights at the head of the san lo renzo valley leading southward to the venetian plains the enemy's immediate objective the austro-german efforts during the past week were centered on gaining control of the passes on the east bank of the brenta â€” alpini forced Â» back by artillery a double struggle was waged yesterday anil to-day with the italians attacking on the right of monte par tfca and the austrians on the left " around monte beretta and its neigh bor monte caprille despite repeated and courageous attacks by the alpini against the crest of the hill they were unable to bold the positions gained in the face ef the enfilading austrian fire heaps f enemy dead however marked the \ iolence of the alpini attack the austrians were able to make their gains by reason of a massed attack with large numbers of fresh t roops the french line was hie objective of a bombardment so heavy that it is believed the enemy has been able lo bring up his heavy artillery four bundled shells of large caliber landed in the town of crocetta and other nearby points austrian bridges are smashed floating fortresses cleverly cam ociflaged to safeguard them from the prying eyes of the enemy airmen are rendering futile all efforts of the austro-germans to effect a crossing of the lower piave and the lagoons before venice light draft vessels carrying all pos sible armament are held in reserve b y to strike when the enemy be : a general attack as was the 1 at capo sile bridgehead last !**-__ . __ 'Â» 1 3,130,000 men on germany's fighting lines paris dec 16 the military critic of l'echo de paris esti mates the german army total at 5,500,00,0 men of whom 3,130,000 are combatants on all fronts he figures that the noncombatant units toaling 2,370,000 are re quired for occupying invaded ter ritory maintaining communica tion lines and guarding 1 the fron tier â€¢ on the anglo-french front he estimates 154 divisions of slight ly less than 12,000 men each are stationed ; on the eastern front he figures 1,000,000 men not count ing recent levies he adds the general total combatant forces on the western front in cluding army corps and army or ganizations amount to about 2,000,00,0 men a figure consider ably lower than that of the french-british armies to italy germany has sent in support of forty-five austrian divisions only seven divisions or about 100,000 combatants on the balkan front held chiefly by the bulgars with 244 bat talions the germans have only 30,000 fighting men but certain indications point to recent rein forcements from the russian front 24,101 troops uniforms cut health of Illinois men at camp logan imperiled by war department order camp logan houston dec 16 â€” the health of 24,000 Illinois soldiers here is seriously imperiled by a war department order reported to have been received here directing each man return one of his two woolen uniforms it is predicted that the uniforms thus obtained will be sent to troops in northern camps an epidemic of pneumonia grip and other lung and throat diseases will follow unless the order is re scinded at once officers predicted it was learned a Chicago store has a salesman speeding here to take or ders for uniforms at 28 or 30 each one important field officer said ponchos and slickers will be worn in rain but they will not keep men dry during eight hours of work in the open if deprived of their sec ond uniform they will spend several hours in a tent without dry clothes with drafts blowing through openings absolutely essential for healthful ventilation a northerner here needs more clothes than at home quartermaster general ignorant of houston order washington dec 16.â€”quarter master general sharpe said to-night he knew nothing of any order to al low soldiers at camp logan houston only one woolen uniform he would not say the order had not been is sued adjutant general mccain doubted the accuracy of the report and said there must be some mistake shuberts break with klaw & erlanger new york dec 16 dissolution of the booking and pooling arrange ments between the messrs shubert and klaw & erlanger was announced in a statement made to-day by the formrr the dissolution was declared to have been caused by a disagree ment with respect to the booking of strychnine killed berdan says doctor millionaire displayed all symp toms of that poison declares dr port who attended him surprises to be injected in con test if widow seeks part of estate friend of his kin says lucius b berdan toledo million aire who died mysteriously here last wednesday displayed all the symp toms of strychnine poisoning accord ing to dr f j port who attended him during the convulsions that pre ceded his death dr port said i was called about 6:40 a m berdan was in convulsions r witb him was eugene o'brien his valet nurse and chauffeur i ordered the patient wrapped in a blanket and he was taken in a taxicab to the frances willard hospital he had a convulsion on the way â– and others upon arriving at the hospital â€” seven in all the seventh was fatal coroner's aid , delays it looked like strychnine poi soning and i was careful to pre serve the viscera i advised dr joseph springer the deputy cor oner but he did not send for the container instead the hospital au thorities sent it to the coroner i was surprised at the sugges tion of uraemic convulsions be cause from inquiry i found that berdan had been seen in tolerably good health the day before dr frank g lydston dr j k jamieson and dr samuel j russell who were present at the post mortem admit the possibility of strychnine poisoning they stated that only a chemical analysis would establish the facts coroner hoffman ordered his chem ist william d mcnally to hurry his finding after he â– learned relatives were disputing over a 10,000,000 es tate the box of chocolates taken from the aged man's room are being ex amined to asaertain if they contain strychnine a bottle of medicine is also being examined hixts at surprises a close friend of the berdans who requested his name be suppressed made the following statement yes terday if mrs berdan starts proceedings to share in the estate of her late hus band she will be confronted with some disagreeable surprises that are in the hands of his relatives livingston d wells said to be a close friend of the berdans is be lieved to be the mysterious Chicago business man who talked with coro ner hoffman saturday regarding the widow suspicions wells is alleged to have stated that mrs berdan was dissatisfied with a financial settlement given her re cently by her husband to agree to a divorce he denies conversation mr wells denied to a Chicago ex aminer reporter that he had talked with any one regarding the caÃŸe he admitted acquaintance with the ber dans but only in a business way i most certainly intended to ap pear in the divorce proceedings said mrs berdan in toledo last night did you ever hear of a woman whose character has been challenged drop the case the petition sets forth that mrs berdan was guilty of gross neglect of duty and that for several months she had been carrying on a very scandalous correspondence with one trimble de roode of new york city in which they spoke of each other open talk on peace urged in berlin vorwaerts declares it honor not disgrace to strive to end insane human slaughter lokal anzeiger criticizing lloyd george's victory first says some long for middle way amsterdam dec 16 a demand that the german government tell the german people what is proposed to communicate to great britain is made in the berlin vorwaerts in comment ing on the reported attempt to begin peace discussions between great brit ain and germany the paper asks when will it be realized that it is not a disgrace but a great honor to strive with the enemy for rec onciliation based on freedom and self-respect to bring end to this insane human slaughter the frankfurter zeitung com ments it is worth something that bal fcur formally declares britain's readiness for such discussion prince warns of u s might addressing the baden upper cham ber yesterday prince max of baden president of the body attacked presi dent wilson and created a sensation when he said wilson has no right to set him self up as a judge of the world let us not however deceive our selves the american people be lieve the war must be continued in behalf of the ideal set up by wil son power alone never can secure our position and our sword alone will never be able to tear down the opposition to us the enemy must obtain the knowledge that behind our power stands an ecumenical conscience long for middle wav commenting on lloyd george's speech the lokal anzeiger says the british prime minister is vying with wilson in forceful lan guage and their ideas are so com pletely identical it is difficult to tell one from the other victory first negotiations afterward is their motto they know no middle way with us it is just the contrary some of us are longing for a mid dle way of conciliation and they are anxious that the enemy should not feel the heavy hand of the vic tor even the prospects of prolong ing the war for years does not frighten lloyd george we only ask how long the busy minorities which he deplores so impressively will leave him a free hand in his peculiar bridge-building task claims russians out to bait russia once more he will find very difficult and italy will feel her defeat no less intense ly because the english prime min ister has the kindness to call it only a passing misfortune we too believe that the pres ent hour is not a happy one for the entente and our leading generals will take care it does not improve in 1918 then england probably will reconsider the question of a prem ature peace and perhaps look at it more closely than lloyd george has been pleased to do until now german agrees with u s in an article in the freie zeitung professor von wrangel a well known german pacifist writes that he al ways ha favored immediate peace v.ituot annexation but because at a recent talk with field marshal von hindenburg he has changed his opinion completely professor von wrangel says he sees wilson lloyd george and clemen ceau are right â€” that there cannot be a durable peace in europe until ger man especially prussian militarism has been crushed austria offers 120,000 for caproni's head by deputy b chiosa italian aviation minister special correspondence of the in ternational news service pris dec 1 â€” the price of 120,000 placed by the aus trians on the head of our aero plane inventor signor j caproni proves how right he is in his de mand for the construction of a vast fleet of airplanes the unit ed states has realized it and through the valuable assistance of america we will be enabled to standardize our aviation and to establish a new air front as well as a new battle line we will not leave france until an inter allied board for control of the air service is established ask 100 million for palestine zionist convention plans prac tical reoccupation within a month baltimore dec 16 â€” the great movement to realize jewish national entity as a result of the recapture of palestine was launched to-day at a convention of 200 zionist leaders nathan straus of new 3tork termed it an historic gathering it was intimated a practical reoccupation of the holy land would be under way within a month word . was received from london that physicians and nurses could go to palestine within another month it also was announced the american jewish unit organized by the hadas sah the women's zionist organiza tion is ready to begin work in pales tine a 100,000,000 international fund for constructive and administrative work in the jewish state was proposed and within a few minutes 185,000 was raised the delegates will form local organizations to complete the fund a resolution of gratitude to great britain for indorsing the re-estab lishment of palestine as the national home of the jews was adopted associate justice louis d brandeis of the united states supreme court extended his congratulations to the zionists bolsheviki to begin peace move in u s amsterdam dec 16 â€” the dutch socialist newspaper tribune an nounces to-day that it has been asked b the russian maximalists to act as their means of communication with peace movements among the prole tariat in europe and america and to keep the russians informed on the progress of these movements reds sieze chateau of dorothy deacon boston dec 16 â€” the chateau of prince and princess radziwill for merly miss dorothy deacon of the exclusive back bay district of bos ton has been confiscated by the l?ol sheviki according to dispatches reach ing here to-day the princess is now with her mother in the borghese palace in home reds destroy tolstoy home burn papers geneva dec 16 delayed).â€”bol sheviki peasants have destroyed count tolstoy's chateau vasnata po liana after pillaging the house and burning liis priceless original manu scripts according to news recetved ty russian revolutionaries in zurich russian armistice signed one allied chief demanded mud propose supreme him bliss and benson report haig and j petain clash on strategy america must send morel troops and ships washington dec 16 a de 1 mand from the united states for drastic changes that will effect unity and co-ordination among the armies fighting germany is ex pected to result from recommenda \ tions by military representatives just j returned from europe a supreme commander who would i have authority over the land forces i of all allied nations is â– the remedy j suggested an insistent suggestion j from president wilson to france and england fo adoption of such a military policy is the most probable course of action officials assert general tasker h bliss army chief of staff and admiral benson chief of the navy staff who were members of the house commission to the allied conference in paris returned to washington to-day house to report to president to-day the conferees brought back a new concept of the task which faces america not only was the military and naval problem thoroughly can vassed at the inter-allied conference but the resources of the allies were estimated in the minutest detail it wa3 reported to-night the con ference had decided the united states must come forward with even larger numbers of men and ships in the im mediate future colonel house is expected to come to washington to-morrow and report in person to president wilson by that time the recommendations and all data gathered by oth,er members of the mission will reach the white house through secretaries daniels and baker Â» secretary baker and general bliss were in conference at the war de partment to-day mote than three j hours bliss is confident we will win war general bliss made the following statement so far as my observations ex tended i found a fixed resolute intention on the part of the allies carry the war to a successful conclusion lam certain this is the determination of england france the united states and italy i am equally confident we will win the war we all know what has taken place in russia but the very fact parleys nine tom â– i j j j i | t ! berlin and petrograd announce agreement germans promisa not to transfer troops trur to continue until january 6m berlin dec icâ€”an arrnisik-8 agreement between the ho sheviki government in russia and the teutonic allies was sigjiad at brest-litovsk saturday according to an official communication issued to-day the armistice becomes effective at noon to-morrow and is to remain in force until january 14 a provision in the agreement is that peace negotiations are to begin immediately after the beginning of the armistice the announcement ' irr^n general headquarters says signers of the armistice agreement for the central powers were headed by prince leo pold of bavaria all kaiser's allies sign truce agreement the text of the german communi cation follows an armistice agreement was signed at brest-litovsk by pleni potentiary representatives of the russian upper army administration on the one hand and those of tli â€¢=; upper army administrations of ger many austria-hungary bulgaria and turkey on the other hand the armistice begins at noon december 17 and remains in ton until january 14 1918 unless seven days notice is given it con tinues in force automatically â€¢ it extends to all the land air ami naval forces of the common fronts according to clause 9 of th treaty peace negotiations are i ' begin immediately after the sign ing of an armistice officially announced in russian capital petrogkad dec lsi the 80l bneylki official news agency an nounced to-day thai russia and gel many had agreed upon the terms an armistice foreign minister trotsky al meeting of the petrograd council f soldiers anci workmen's deles last night said that the trace agree ment would be signed to-day and t clarej that germany had agregjj i the russian stipulation that no her man troops conld be transferred froni the kussian to other from jol after the armistice had expired he also said that peace parleys would me begun immediately kaiser agrees not to transfer armies a resume of the clause regard the transfer oi troops rent yi by the russian armistice delegates i ' brest-litovsk lo tho bolsheviki head quarters at the smolny institute wa made public last night it follows both sides signing this agree ment bind themselves until decem ber 30 191v january 14 1318 new i style not to carry on â€¢ operamvs i military transfers on the front fioni m the baltic to the black sea ex fl cept such transfers a.,3 were i~m u s weather forecast Chicago ajtd vicixity â€” fair i mi wnn monday tuesday prob ably increasing cloudiness moderate koutherly winds temperatpne for twenty-four bourn ending at i a m : highest 23 lowest 15 mean ill normal temperature for the day 20 deficiency of temperature since january 1 641 degrees precipitation for twenty-four hours ending at 7 t to 04 inch deficiency since january 1 7 87 inoh i sunrise to-day 7j3 sunset 4j complete govtrnment report on fife it _. , england ahead so far says von tirpitz a msterdam dec 16.â€”ac **â– counts of grand admiral von tirpitz speech before the hamburg branch of the fatherland party reached here to-day he said up to the present in this war great britain has won rather than lost peace based on the status quo ante or on renunciation therefore is out of the question for germany the pretext that we cannot coerce great britain and amer ica falls to the ground when we consider the growing scarcity of the cargo space of our ruth less arch-enemy the time for final decision will come when real distress begins to take the place of merely threatening distress that time will come it is only a question of our keeping cool with reference to the rumor that germany would give up zebruggee and ostend if the british evacuated calais i would say that the evacuation of calais would never be equiv alent to the loss of such first class security moreover the channel tunnel will become a fact after the war for real security we should have be sides flanders and antwerp calais and boulogne house will vote dry u.s to-day poll assures prohibition amend ment majority of at least 22 leaders claim Â« ashixcjto.v drc 16 â€” a poll o the house on the national prohibition amendment taken by he drys nliotveil for amendment 312 asrnhim , os doubtful . jg necessary to adopt 290 washington dec 16 â€” john bar leycorn will be forced back on his last line of defense to-morrow when the house will vote on referring a constitutional amendment to the sev eral states the best opinion in congress to night is that the vote will pass the amendment resolution then the liquor trade will have six years in which to fight ofr ratification of the amendment by three-fourths of the states count on n y and indiana opponents of the national prohibi tion amendment will fight to the last two minority reports were filed from the judiciary committee * drys declare they will win point ing to new york and indiana as their reasons three years ago both states delegations were solid against the amendment this yellt twelve of indiana's thhteen representatives wiii vote for the amendment as will three-fourths of new york's dele gation the real fight for ratification by the states will come in 1919 wellesley girls to don overalls at 1.80 day boston dec 16 wellesley col lege will produce a crop of srarden ettes in the spring girl student3 have voted to become gardeners and work eight hours a day for 1.80 to help win the war they will wear 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Chicago examiner this paper is committed to the policy of public ownership of public utilities vol xv ko 309 a m * * monday Chicago december 17 1917 monday registered in chicago o s patent office and suburbs l - 2 million more men called to save italy i lasses of 1874 to 1899 summoned to colors austrians advance three-quarters of a mile opening path to plains berlin dec i,6 austro-hunga m troops stormed and captured ital n positions south of col caprille d captured several hundred men eluding nineteen officers accord g to an official statement from the ar office to-night 3 â– \ ome dec 16 â€” italy has called ( all the men of the classes of 1874 to 1599 to the colors the action is officially explained as to be ready for whatever may occur it is said here the move is in preparation for a long campaign the italian contingents under arms ere officially stated to be 4,200,000 besides these 800,000 men rejected on physical grounds have been called i for re-examination these men will be assigned to work behind the lines it not fit for fighting altogether the steps taken will add more than 000,000 men to the force austro-german forces after five fiays of incessant fighting and at the sacrifice of huge numbers of men liave succeeded in advancing their lines three-quarters of a mile to the capriue hill just east of the brenta river teutons opening fath to plains the new teuton positions are on the crest of one of the dominating j.eights at the head of the san lo renzo valley leading southward to the venetian plains the enemy's immediate objective the austro-german efforts during the past week were centered on gaining control of the passes on the east bank of the brenta â€” alpini forced Â» back by artillery a double struggle was waged yesterday anil to-day with the italians attacking on the right of monte par tfca and the austrians on the left " around monte beretta and its neigh bor monte caprille despite repeated and courageous attacks by the alpini against the crest of the hill they were unable to bold the positions gained in the face ef the enfilading austrian fire heaps f enemy dead however marked the \ iolence of the alpini attack the austrians were able to make their gains by reason of a massed attack with large numbers of fresh t roops the french line was hie objective of a bombardment so heavy that it is believed the enemy has been able lo bring up his heavy artillery four bundled shells of large caliber landed in the town of crocetta and other nearby points austrian bridges are smashed floating fortresses cleverly cam ociflaged to safeguard them from the prying eyes of the enemy airmen are rendering futile all efforts of the austro-germans to effect a crossing of the lower piave and the lagoons before venice light draft vessels carrying all pos sible armament are held in reserve b y to strike when the enemy be : a general attack as was the 1 at capo sile bridgehead last !**-__ . __ 'Â» 1 3,130,000 men on germany's fighting lines paris dec 16 the military critic of l'echo de paris esti mates the german army total at 5,500,00,0 men of whom 3,130,000 are combatants on all fronts he figures that the noncombatant units toaling 2,370,000 are re quired for occupying invaded ter ritory maintaining communica tion lines and guarding 1 the fron tier â€¢ on the anglo-french front he estimates 154 divisions of slight ly less than 12,000 men each are stationed ; on the eastern front he figures 1,000,000 men not count ing recent levies he adds the general total combatant forces on the western front in cluding army corps and army or ganizations amount to about 2,000,00,0 men a figure consider ably lower than that of the french-british armies to italy germany has sent in support of forty-five austrian divisions only seven divisions or about 100,000 combatants on the balkan front held chiefly by the bulgars with 244 bat talions the germans have only 30,000 fighting men but certain indications point to recent rein forcements from the russian front 24,101 troops uniforms cut health of Illinois men at camp logan imperiled by war department order camp logan houston dec 16 â€” the health of 24,000 Illinois soldiers here is seriously imperiled by a war department order reported to have been received here directing each man return one of his two woolen uniforms it is predicted that the uniforms thus obtained will be sent to troops in northern camps an epidemic of pneumonia grip and other lung and throat diseases will follow unless the order is re scinded at once officers predicted it was learned a Chicago store has a salesman speeding here to take or ders for uniforms at 28 or 30 each one important field officer said ponchos and slickers will be worn in rain but they will not keep men dry during eight hours of work in the open if deprived of their sec ond uniform they will spend several hours in a tent without dry clothes with drafts blowing through openings absolutely essential for healthful ventilation a northerner here needs more clothes than at home quartermaster general ignorant of houston order washington dec 16.â€”quarter master general sharpe said to-night he knew nothing of any order to al low soldiers at camp logan houston only one woolen uniform he would not say the order had not been is sued adjutant general mccain doubted the accuracy of the report and said there must be some mistake shuberts break with klaw & erlanger new york dec 16 dissolution of the booking and pooling arrange ments between the messrs shubert and klaw & erlanger was announced in a statement made to-day by the formrr the dissolution was declared to have been caused by a disagree ment with respect to the booking of strychnine killed berdan says doctor millionaire displayed all symp toms of that poison declares dr port who attended him surprises to be injected in con test if widow seeks part of estate friend of his kin says lucius b berdan toledo million aire who died mysteriously here last wednesday displayed all the symp toms of strychnine poisoning accord ing to dr f j port who attended him during the convulsions that pre ceded his death dr port said i was called about 6:40 a m berdan was in convulsions r witb him was eugene o'brien his valet nurse and chauffeur i ordered the patient wrapped in a blanket and he was taken in a taxicab to the frances willard hospital he had a convulsion on the way â– and others upon arriving at the hospital â€” seven in all the seventh was fatal coroner's aid , delays it looked like strychnine poi soning and i was careful to pre serve the viscera i advised dr joseph springer the deputy cor oner but he did not send for the container instead the hospital au thorities sent it to the coroner i was surprised at the sugges tion of uraemic convulsions be cause from inquiry i found that berdan had been seen in tolerably good health the day before dr frank g lydston dr j k jamieson and dr samuel j russell who were present at the post mortem admit the possibility of strychnine poisoning they stated that only a chemical analysis would establish the facts coroner hoffman ordered his chem ist william d mcnally to hurry his finding after he â– learned relatives were disputing over a 10,000,000 es tate the box of chocolates taken from the aged man's room are being ex amined to asaertain if they contain strychnine a bottle of medicine is also being examined hixts at surprises a close friend of the berdans who requested his name be suppressed made the following statement yes terday if mrs berdan starts proceedings to share in the estate of her late hus band she will be confronted with some disagreeable surprises that are in the hands of his relatives livingston d wells said to be a close friend of the berdans is be lieved to be the mysterious Chicago business man who talked with coro ner hoffman saturday regarding the widow suspicions wells is alleged to have stated that mrs berdan was dissatisfied with a financial settlement given her re cently by her husband to agree to a divorce he denies conversation mr wells denied to a Chicago ex aminer reporter that he had talked with any one regarding the caÃŸe he admitted acquaintance with the ber dans but only in a business way i most certainly intended to ap pear in the divorce proceedings said mrs berdan in toledo last night did you ever hear of a woman whose character has been challenged drop the case the petition sets forth that mrs berdan was guilty of gross neglect of duty and that for several months she had been carrying on a very scandalous correspondence with one trimble de roode of new york city in which they spoke of each other open talk on peace urged in berlin vorwaerts declares it honor not disgrace to strive to end insane human slaughter lokal anzeiger criticizing lloyd george's victory first says some long for middle way amsterdam dec 16 a demand that the german government tell the german people what is proposed to communicate to great britain is made in the berlin vorwaerts in comment ing on the reported attempt to begin peace discussions between great brit ain and germany the paper asks when will it be realized that it is not a disgrace but a great honor to strive with the enemy for rec onciliation based on freedom and self-respect to bring end to this insane human slaughter the frankfurter zeitung com ments it is worth something that bal fcur formally declares britain's readiness for such discussion prince warns of u s might addressing the baden upper cham ber yesterday prince max of baden president of the body attacked presi dent wilson and created a sensation when he said wilson has no right to set him self up as a judge of the world let us not however deceive our selves the american people be lieve the war must be continued in behalf of the ideal set up by wil son power alone never can secure our position and our sword alone will never be able to tear down the opposition to us the enemy must obtain the knowledge that behind our power stands an ecumenical conscience long for middle wav commenting on lloyd george's speech the lokal anzeiger says the british prime minister is vying with wilson in forceful lan guage and their ideas are so com pletely identical it is difficult to tell one from the other victory first negotiations afterward is their motto they know no middle way with us it is just the contrary some of us are longing for a mid dle way of conciliation and they are anxious that the enemy should not feel the heavy hand of the vic tor even the prospects of prolong ing the war for years does not frighten lloyd george we only ask how long the busy minorities which he deplores so impressively will leave him a free hand in his peculiar bridge-building task claims russians out to bait russia once more he will find very difficult and italy will feel her defeat no less intense ly because the english prime min ister has the kindness to call it only a passing misfortune we too believe that the pres ent hour is not a happy one for the entente and our leading generals will take care it does not improve in 1918 then england probably will reconsider the question of a prem ature peace and perhaps look at it more closely than lloyd george has been pleased to do until now german agrees with u s in an article in the freie zeitung professor von wrangel a well known german pacifist writes that he al ways ha favored immediate peace v.ituot annexation but because at a recent talk with field marshal von hindenburg he has changed his opinion completely professor von wrangel says he sees wilson lloyd george and clemen ceau are right â€” that there cannot be a durable peace in europe until ger man especially prussian militarism has been crushed austria offers 120,000 for caproni's head by deputy b chiosa italian aviation minister special correspondence of the in ternational news service pris dec 1 â€” the price of 120,000 placed by the aus trians on the head of our aero plane inventor signor j caproni proves how right he is in his de mand for the construction of a vast fleet of airplanes the unit ed states has realized it and through the valuable assistance of america we will be enabled to standardize our aviation and to establish a new air front as well as a new battle line we will not leave france until an inter allied board for control of the air service is established ask 100 million for palestine zionist convention plans prac tical reoccupation within a month baltimore dec 16 â€” the great movement to realize jewish national entity as a result of the recapture of palestine was launched to-day at a convention of 200 zionist leaders nathan straus of new 3tork termed it an historic gathering it was intimated a practical reoccupation of the holy land would be under way within a month word . was received from london that physicians and nurses could go to palestine within another month it also was announced the american jewish unit organized by the hadas sah the women's zionist organiza tion is ready to begin work in pales tine a 100,000,000 international fund for constructive and administrative work in the jewish state was proposed and within a few minutes 185,000 was raised the delegates will form local organizations to complete the fund a resolution of gratitude to great britain for indorsing the re-estab lishment of palestine as the national home of the jews was adopted associate justice louis d brandeis of the united states supreme court extended his congratulations to the zionists bolsheviki to begin peace move in u s amsterdam dec 16 â€” the dutch socialist newspaper tribune an nounces to-day that it has been asked b the russian maximalists to act as their means of communication with peace movements among the prole tariat in europe and america and to keep the russians informed on the progress of these movements reds sieze chateau of dorothy deacon boston dec 16 â€” the chateau of prince and princess radziwill for merly miss dorothy deacon of the exclusive back bay district of bos ton has been confiscated by the l?ol sheviki according to dispatches reach ing here to-day the princess is now with her mother in the borghese palace in home reds destroy tolstoy home burn papers geneva dec 16 delayed).â€”bol sheviki peasants have destroyed count tolstoy's chateau vasnata po liana after pillaging the house and burning liis priceless original manu scripts according to news recetved ty russian revolutionaries in zurich russian armistice signed one allied chief demanded mud propose supreme him bliss and benson report haig and j petain clash on strategy america must send morel troops and ships washington dec 16 a de 1 mand from the united states for drastic changes that will effect unity and co-ordination among the armies fighting germany is ex pected to result from recommenda \ tions by military representatives just j returned from europe a supreme commander who would i have authority over the land forces i of all allied nations is â– the remedy j suggested an insistent suggestion j from president wilson to france and england fo adoption of such a military policy is the most probable course of action officials assert general tasker h bliss army chief of staff and admiral benson chief of the navy staff who were members of the house commission to the allied conference in paris returned to washington to-day house to report to president to-day the conferees brought back a new concept of the task which faces america not only was the military and naval problem thoroughly can vassed at the inter-allied conference but the resources of the allies were estimated in the minutest detail it wa3 reported to-night the con ference had decided the united states must come forward with even larger numbers of men and ships in the im mediate future colonel house is expected to come to washington to-morrow and report in person to president wilson by that time the recommendations and all data gathered by oth,er members of the mission will reach the white house through secretaries daniels and baker Â» secretary baker and general bliss were in conference at the war de partment to-day mote than three j hours bliss is confident we will win war general bliss made the following statement so far as my observations ex tended i found a fixed resolute intention on the part of the allies carry the war to a successful conclusion lam certain this is the determination of england france the united states and italy i am equally confident we will win the war we all know what has taken place in russia but the very fact parleys nine tom â– i j j j i | t ! berlin and petrograd announce agreement germans promisa not to transfer troops trur to continue until january 6m berlin dec icâ€”an arrnisik-8 agreement between the ho sheviki government in russia and the teutonic allies was sigjiad at brest-litovsk saturday according to an official communication issued to-day the armistice becomes effective at noon to-morrow and is to remain in force until january 14 a provision in the agreement is that peace negotiations are to begin immediately after the beginning of the armistice the announcement ' irr^n general headquarters says signers of the armistice agreement for the central powers were headed by prince leo pold of bavaria all kaiser's allies sign truce agreement the text of the german communi cation follows an armistice agreement was signed at brest-litovsk by pleni potentiary representatives of the russian upper army administration on the one hand and those of tli â€¢=; upper army administrations of ger many austria-hungary bulgaria and turkey on the other hand the armistice begins at noon december 17 and remains in ton until january 14 1918 unless seven days notice is given it con tinues in force automatically â€¢ it extends to all the land air ami naval forces of the common fronts according to clause 9 of th treaty peace negotiations are i ' begin immediately after the sign ing of an armistice officially announced in russian capital petrogkad dec lsi the 80l bneylki official news agency an nounced to-day thai russia and gel many had agreed upon the terms an armistice foreign minister trotsky al meeting of the petrograd council f soldiers anci workmen's deles last night said that the trace agree ment would be signed to-day and t clarej that germany had agregjj i the russian stipulation that no her man troops conld be transferred froni the kussian to other from jol after the armistice had expired he also said that peace parleys would me begun immediately kaiser agrees not to transfer armies a resume of the clause regard the transfer oi troops rent yi by the russian armistice delegates i ' brest-litovsk lo tho bolsheviki head quarters at the smolny institute wa made public last night it follows both sides signing this agree ment bind themselves until decem ber 30 191v january 14 1318 new i style not to carry on â€¢ operamvs i military transfers on the front fioni m the baltic to the black sea ex fl cept such transfers a.,3 were i~m u s weather forecast Chicago ajtd vicixity â€” fair i mi wnn monday tuesday prob ably increasing cloudiness moderate koutherly winds temperatpne for twenty-four bourn ending at i a m : highest 23 lowest 15 mean ill normal temperature for the day 20 deficiency of temperature since january 1 641 degrees precipitation for twenty-four hours ending at 7 t to 04 inch deficiency since january 1 7 87 inoh i sunrise to-day 7j3 sunset 4j complete govtrnment report on fife it _. , england ahead so far says von tirpitz a msterdam dec 16.â€”ac **â– counts of grand admiral von tirpitz speech before the hamburg branch of the fatherland party reached here to-day he said up to the present in this war great britain has won rather than lost peace based on the status quo ante or on renunciation therefore is out of the question for germany the pretext that we cannot coerce great britain and amer ica falls to the ground when we consider the growing scarcity of the cargo space of our ruth less arch-enemy the time for final decision will come when real distress begins to take the place of merely threatening distress that time will come it is only a question of our keeping cool with reference to the rumor that germany would give up zebruggee and ostend if the british evacuated calais i would say that the evacuation of calais would never be equiv alent to the loss of such first class security moreover the channel tunnel will become a fact after the war for real security we should have be sides flanders and antwerp calais and boulogne house will vote dry u.s to-day poll assures prohibition amend ment majority of at least 22 leaders claim Â« ashixcjto.v drc 16 â€” a poll o the house on the national prohibition amendment taken by he drys nliotveil for amendment 312 asrnhim , os doubtful . jg necessary to adopt 290 washington dec 16 â€” john bar leycorn will be forced back on his last line of defense to-morrow when the house will vote on referring a constitutional amendment to the sev eral states the best opinion in congress to night is that the vote will pass the amendment resolution then the liquor trade will have six years in which to fight ofr ratification of the amendment by three-fourths of the states count on n y and indiana opponents of the national prohibi tion amendment will fight to the last two minority reports were filed from the judiciary committee * drys declare they will win point ing to new york and indiana as their reasons three years ago both states delegations were solid against the amendment this yellt twelve of indiana's thhteen representatives wiii vote for the amendment as will three-fourths of new york's dele gation the real fight for ratification by the states will come in 1919 wellesley girls to don overalls at 1.80 day boston dec 16 wellesley col lege will produce a crop of srarden ettes in the spring girl student3 have voted to become gardeners and work eight hours a day for 1.80 to help win the war they will wear 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